Search results
From The Goon Show Depository
- | studio = [[Walter Shenson]] Films ...ector)|Joseph McGrath]].<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a8db1c9|title=Digby the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)}}</5 KB (621 words) - 14:58, 27 January 2023
- ...e]] and [[Sean Connery]], respectively. She also had roles in high profile films such as ''[[The Italian Job]]'' (1969), ''[[The Wild Geese]]'' (1978) and Leon also appeared in the [[Hai Karate]] television adverts in the 1970s which gained her substantial publicity. She also became known globally as a12 KB (1,751 words) - 13:15, 16 January 2023
- ...'[[Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]'', and particularly during the 1970s with a long-running role as the one-armed dishwasher Albert Riddle in the ' ...ce cast of ''[[The Light Princess]]'', a partly animated, hour-long family fantasy that aired on the [[BBC]] in 1978.<ref name=cartoon>{{cite news |url=http:/16 KB (2,171 words) - 16:03, 25 August 2024
- ...sh people|English]] actor. He worked predominantly from the 1950s into the 1970s and became one of the most recognisable faces in [[Cinema of the United Kin ...967 film)|Casino Royale]]'', two [[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On films]]), fantasy (''[[One Million Years B.C.]]'', ''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterio11 KB (1,679 words) - 16:42, 30 November 2022
- ...evision series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s. ...nd ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' (1972) amongst others. She also appeared in the films ''[[The Killing of Sister George (film)|The Killing of Sister George]]'' (117 KB (2,537 words) - 16:26, 24 February 2023
- ...lace|Wallace]] in the [[Academy Award]]-winning ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' films and portrayed [[Norman Clegg|Norman "Cleggy" Clegg]] in ''[[Last of the Sum ...is film appearances include the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1961) and ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula32 KB (4,780 words) - 13:34, 25 August 2024
- ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate30 KB (4,205 words) - 17:53, 21 December 2022
- .../ref><ref>{{cite web | title = David Jason | url = https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16c38d9 | publisher = British Film Institute | access-date ...ce archivist Ernie Trigg; and again in 2008, in the [[Fantasy comedy|comic fantasy]] ''[[The Colour of Magic (TV film)|The Colour of Magic]]'', where Arthur s36 KB (5,248 words) - 13:45, 18 March 2023
- ...series)|The Goodies]]''{{'}} style of humour earned it a reputation as a "children's" programme]] On Sunday 8 June 2014, during a 1970s weekend, BBC Two repeated the Montreux '72 Edition of "Kitten Kong" once ag40 KB (5,949 words) - 11:58, 24 August 2024
- ...ade numerous stage and television appearances and acted in over 75 British films, he is best remembered as the [[First Doctor]] in [[BBC Television]]'s ''[[ ...t was pitched to him as a children's series, in part due to his success in films,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-10-16/doctor-30 KB (4,389 words) - 16:27, 22 December 2022
- ...ref> The success of the film gained Bennett a contract with [[British Lion Films]]<ref name="bfiobit"/> and led the ''[[News of the World]]'' to dub him "th Bennett's film roles continued into the 1970s, notably with the film adaptation of [[Joe Orton]]'s ''[[Loot (play)|Loot]]25 KB (3,678 words) - 11:57, 18 February 2023
- ...orsyth attended [[the Latymer School]]. After watching [[Fred Astaire]] in films at the age of eight, he trained in dance in [[Tottenham]] and then [[Brixto ...years later, he played Swinburne in the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] fantasy film ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''.<ref name="Sellers"/> In 1976, he app49 KB (6,903 words) - 13:04, 18 March 2023
- ...c, became a favourite Australia-wide, performed week after week by the ABC children's programme ''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Playschool]]''. Milligan i ===Ken Russell films===59 KB (9,117 words) - 22:45, 2 October 2024
- ...936-7cdf-11ef-980d-341a84fdff8f_story.html |title=A list of Maggie Smith's films |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref> and g ...2012}}</ref> Greg Ferrara wrote that the film "is one of the best British films of the decade. It is as captivating today as it was upon its release and it90 KB (12,560 words) - 17:58, 28 September 2024
- ...don, England|date=3 January 1964|page=4}}</ref> Finney received 10% of the films earnings, which made him over $1 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Va ...965/ |archive-date=6 April 2019 }}</ref><ref name="guard"/> He returned to films with ''[[Two for the Road (film)|Two for the Road]]'' (1967) co starring [[65 KB (9,313 words) - 14:17, 25 August 2024
- ...t Holly's IQ is not 6,000 but 6 and that Holly gets his information from a children's science book, called the ''Junior Colour Encyclopedia of Space''. He demote ...uch crudely designed robots; they play cowboys-and-Indians, enjoy watching films, are highly emotional and appear to be somewhat unstable and malfunctional,54 KB (8,653 words) - 19:58, 24 August 2024
- ...an Gray]]'' (1945), earning various awards. She appeared in 11 further MGM films, mostly in minor roles, and after her contract ended in 1952, she began to <!--Lansbury's life from the 1970s to 2022-->110 KB (15,399 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
- ...e]] and [[w:black comedy|black humour]] were major features of many of his films, and his performances had a strong influence on a number of later comedians ...frequently clashed with his directors and co-stars, especially in the mid-1970s when his physical and mental health, together with his alcohol and drug pro128 KB (19,030 words) - 19:48, 18 July 2024